Examples: cartography card archaeology archetype monarchy legal loyal purse personal cinema kinase car carpenter hippopotamus Mesopotamia dative data date
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Khmer វៀន
← Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (inherited)
← Mon ဝေန် (cognate)
← Vietnamese quấn (cognate)

→ Khmer ពោះវៀន (compound)
→ Mon ဝေန် (cognate)
→ Vietnamese vấn (cognate)
→ Vietnamese quấn (cognate)